Egypt 9 Day Tour With Felucca Cruise From Australia

Upon arrival at Cairo International Airport, you will meet and assist by our representative of “Egypt Best Vacations” who will help you through the arrival and visa regulations. Transfer to your hotel and the beginning of your Egypt 9 day tour with felucca cruise from Australia. 

Meals Plan: No Meals Included

Your actual Egypt 9-day tour with felucca cruise from Australia begins when our professional tour guide picks you up from your hotel to commence your tour to the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Sphinx and the GEM Museum.

Today, you will visit the Giza Plateau. Today’s tour includes the Great Pyramids of Khufu, Khafre, and Menkaure with the great Sphinx. The only ancient wonder which still remains (Khufu’s pyramid) awaits you. Are you ready to discover it from the inside? (Optional). Today you will learn about the history of the pyramids, how they were constructed, and why they were constructed.

Savor your lunch at a local restaurant, then proceed to the Grand Egyptian Museum. Explore the world’s largest collection of ancient Egyptian treasures in one stunning modern complex. You’ll stand face-to-face with the full Tutankhamun collection and enjoy immersive galleries that bring Egypt’s history to life. Then, transfer to Giza Railway to board your sleeper train to Aswan to begin your felucca cruise.

Meals Plan: Breakfast at the hotel, Lunch & Dinner on the train

You’re going to spend the next two nights of your Egypt 9-day tour with felucca cruise from Australia, on board a Felucca River cruise. Meet your guide at Aswan Railway to commence your Aswan tour. Explore the highlights of the beautiful City of Aswan such as the High Dam, one of the great engineering feats in the 1960s. Then proceed to the beautiful Temple of Isis at Philae Island. End your tour at the granite quarry of the Unfinished Obelisk. Then, board your Felucca Nile cruise. Enjoy the Nile landscape in Aswan while cruising. 

Meals Plan: Breakfast on the train, Lunch & Dinner on the felucca

Breakfast then set sail from Aswan to Daraw. Visit its famous Camel Market (every Saturday and Sunday). Daraw has one of the largest camel markets in Egypt. Most of the camels come in caravans from Sudan’s Darfur and Kordofan along the Darb Al Arba’een (Forty Days Rd) to just north of Abu Simbel before being trucked to Daraw. It is a picturesque sight and fascinating to see the trading; sometimes there are as many as 2000 camels. Then, set sail from Daraw toward Kom Ombo.

Meals Plan: Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner

Breakfast and disembarkation. Travel to Kom Ombo to visit the twin Temple of Horus and Sobek together with the Crocodile Museum. This temple was built in the Ptolemaic period. Due to the conflict between Sobek and Horus, the ancient Egyptians felt it necessary to separate their temple spaces within one temple. The Kom Ombo Temple has two entrances, courts, colonnades, Hypostyle halls, and sanctuaries, one side for each god.

Venture to Edfu to visit the most intact temple in Egypt, the Temple of Horus. Edfu Temple is one of the most striking and complete of ancient Egyptian temples and is dedicated to the worship of the god Horus. Situated on the western bank of the Nile, its construction began during the reign of Ptolemy III (246–221 BC) in 237 BC, but was completed in the reign of Ptolemy XII (80–51 BC) in 57 BC, 180 years later. Savor your lunch at a local restaurant, then, transfer to your hotel in Luxor for a free evening.

Meals Plan: Breakfast & Lunch

Enjoy your breakfast at your hotel, then visit the magnificent Valley of the Kings. Here, the pharaohs of the New Kingdom period were buried trying to be hidden from the Grave Robbers. There’re 65 tombs were discovered till now while Ramses VIII’s tomb is not found yet. Your guide will recommend the best three open tombs to visit. From the Valley of the Kings to the unique Temple of the female pharaoh Hatshepsut, who ruled Egypt for about 20 years as a sole pharaoh. You will end your tour at the Colossi of Memnon, which survived from the Temple of Amenhotep III. Then, transfer back to your hotel.

Optional tour: Sunrise Hot Air Ballooning over Luxor

Meals Plan: Breakfast Only

Savor your breakfast at the hotel, then visit the largest temple in the world, Karnak Temple. Then proceed to the great Temple of Luxor. Both temples were dedicated to the Theban Triad; Amun, Mut and Khonsu. Then, transfer to Luxor Railway to board your sleeper train to Cairo for the rest of your Egypt 9-day tour with felucca cruise from Australia.

Meals Plan: Breakfast at the hotel & Dinner on the train

From Giza Railway to explore the Citadel of Saladin, which was built in 1172 to protect Cairo from the Crusaders. At the citadel, you can visit the White Mosque of Mohammed Ali Pasha, which is one of its most prominent features. Continue to Coptic Cairo District to visit the Hanging Church, Abu Serga Church and Ben Ezra Synagogue. Your tour will conclude in the largest market in Egypt, Khan El-Khalili, a historical bazaar. Then, transfer to your hotel for a free evening in Cairo for the final night of your Egypt 9-day tour with felucca cruise from Australia.

Meals Plan: Breakfast Only

Conclude your Egypt 9-day tour with felucca cruise from Australia with a transfer to Cairo Airport for final departure. It is really sad to leave, feel free to contact us about your next adventure in Egypt.

Meals Plan: Breakfast Only